Teaching Murder on the Orient Express | Daily Lessons

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: In the beginning of the story, Poirot is waiting to catch a train that will connect him with the Famous Orient Express. The train is a speedy and comfortable way for the detective to return to England where he is needed for a mystery. Study the Orient Express.

1) 1. The Orient Express is a luxury train that started its journeys across Europe in the 1880s. The...
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